In Providence, Bob Dylan transcends both space and time, does it his way
Note: This article was orignally posted on examiner.com on November 18, 2014. Since that website no longer exists, I'm reposting it here. Copyright 2014 by Harold Lepidus. Reposted by permission.
On Thursday afternoon, I was fortunate enough to attend musician Robyn Hitchcock’s talk and performance at
Veteran Finger-Picking/Singer-Songwriter with Traditional Edge Connects with Originals
This one has lingered on my desk for a few months but I noticed that I tagged it as something worth talking about. Like some earlier artists who are a little too traditional in folk for me or Liberal, I often come across artists who transcend the roots’-old styles
Richmond Fontaine: In Their Own Words - A Reminder Of What We're Missing.
In his novel The End Of The Affair, Graham Greene held that “A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.”
In 2016 Willy Vlautin announced the end of the chapter for Richmond Fontaine.
Jeff Mix & the Songhearts Explore the Stories of the Lost Vegas Hiway
On a stretch of well-worn east-bound highway that lies between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, you might hear a lonely guitar moan way off in the distance You may witness the streak of a shooting star in an otherwise dark night out of the corner of your eye. It’s
Old Man Sings the Blues
Darling Corey's everything you want in a folk song: an interesting story, a sing-along chorus and a moral. Like Sophocles or Faulkner, the disaster is coming, irrespective of all efforts. Our shortcomings will be our ruin. But in the meantime, let's wallow in the tale and
'Don’t Skip Out On Me' by Willy Vlautin: "The Book Just Felt Like Music."
Seems the fat lady hadn’t sung after all. 2016 brought down the final curtain on Richmond Fontaine after two decades, 11 albums, unremitted touring, minimal staff changes, and an international fan base that grew unswervingly in number and devotion over both those decades. Theirs was a special kind of